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Alright...lets get this rolling...I'm looking to see how many guests we - wife and I - can expect to attend a piano party in Canton, MI .... mid to late march time frame... for those not familar with Canton area... I'm about 1/2 mile from IKEA

Hope I'm entitled to change the time frame. Really didn't notice that Easter was at the end of March. I think mid April would be a better setting - my tuner will be back in town then also. Thinkin about April 26th ... can everyone still make that date?

I am a pianist songwriter and am thinking about having a house concert in September with pianist David Nevue from Oregon..he is a New Age pianist and friend of mine. Is a house concert similar to the piano party you are planning? Just curious. Please let me know... I would love to go to a local house concert. Please let me know. Thanks!

SORRY... my work has taken priority and I'll be unable to host next Saturday...(yea I've been avoiding everyone till it was confirmed yesterday...) I apologize and we do/are going to reschedule this...

Another idea...maybe we can meet at a piano store or Hammell music? or, at a recital location of sorts?

...another thought- that is, if you don't mind coming out to Ann Arbor I think you can rent the Kerrytown Concert house for a modest gathering- (we'd want to make it more like a soiree) and they have a beautiful Hamburg Steinway C there. Here's the website:

Originally posted by P I A N O piano: ...another thought- that is, if you don't mind coming out to Ann Arbor I think you can rent the Kerrytown Concert house for a modest gathering- (we'd want to make it more like a soiree) and they have a beautiful Hamburg Steinway C there. Here's the website:

I think downtown is just a short walk from there and it might be fun to go out to dinner, too! [/b]

Kerrytown's a great idea, and there's plenty of room to have food, etc, unlike a piano store that might not allow it (Hammell just went out of business, anyway, sadly). Kerrytown itself is a neat area, too -- the concert house is right across the street from a quaint shopping center -- and it's just a few blocks from downtown Ann Arbor. Sunday afternoons are the least expensive to rent KCH, and city parking is usually also free then.

I checked out the website, and I'm not sure exactly which category we would fall under in terms of pricing. How about if you call this weekend (or I can call) and see if we might be able to get some sort of deal? I don't know if Piano World counts as a non-profit organization; we're certainly not a charity, but a recognized organization nonetheless! (Maybe Frank can help out with this -- perhaps there is a way of making it "official". I just sent him a PM.) Basically, what I think a piano world party would be like, is that we would have the piano available for people to informally play, and have tables set up with some food/drinks. It would be an opportunity for us to meet in person, and basically just have a good time. If it were in the afternoon, say around 3 or 4, we could hang around for a few hours and then walk downtown for dinner, as you suggested.... or, alternately, have some sort of dinner/lunch kind of reception at the party itself, and then not go out somewhere else afterwards. I don't know if it's too soon to try and rent for the 26th or 27th; it would be something to ask about over the phone.

If it ends up being several hundred dollars to rent the concert house, depending on how many people will show up, we could find a way of splitting up the cost. (There are at least 11 people who showed interest already in the Canton party.) It's always much easier when someone has it at their own home, but as a poor student in a small apartment, I'm not really in a position to offer.